Learning Culture

The Cantina at the Antinori Winery. The Antinori family of Italy traces the founding of its family-owned wine business to 1385. That’s 630 years and 26 generations of business continuity. Consider the risks that a business faces over a span of that period, including war, plague, economic crisis, political turmoil, family health, and sibling rivalries just to name[…]

Are you struggling to find the budget to pay for employee development? Or maybe you’ve found that there aren’t any upcoming seminars or outside learning experiences available for your team. Research shows that some of the best employee development tools exist within your own organization, and they’re free. These free employee development opportunities are found[…]

I will be speaking at the 2011 ASTD International Conference in Orlando (May 22nd – 25th) on how to achieve business results from training. The following is a description of the presentation and learning outcomes for the event. Those of us who have been in and around the learning industry a long time know that[…]

At one time or another we’ve all been invited to attend a brainstorming session, where the leader stands up in front of a whiteboard, pen in hand, and says something like, “Innovation is critical. We need to come up with some good ideas to stay innovative. So who wants to start?” As any survivor of one[…]

The Learning Management System (LMS) was originally designed for “managing” learning across the enterprise. That is, the true customer or end-user for the LMS is the training department, often charged with keeping track of who has taken what course. To use the analogy of a university, the LMS is the administration office. You remember, the[…]